Comments on: Mens Sana In Corpore Sano http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/mens-sana-in-corpore-sano.htm Talking about Body Integrity Identity Disorder - Just another disability! Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:59:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Chloe http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/mens-sana-in-corpore-sano.htm/comment-page-1#comment-18944 Chloe Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:02:00 +0000 http://transabled.org/?p=3244#comment-18944 It is well established that physical exercise can have a major positive effect on depression. It certainly does for me. The sentence "All that is within the confines of my BIID" hit a nerve. It is frequently in my mind that some of you must think I'm cheating because I continue to hike, whilst spending most of the rest of my life in a wheelchair. For starters it is impossible for me to do a major upper body workout on account of my real physical disability. More importantly, I am treating BIID, not paraplegia. Hiking has a beneficial effect on my BIID because it is the only thing I do which forcibly reminds me that my left leg is already a little bit screwed up. It is well established that physical exercise can have a major positive effect on depression. It certainly does for me.

The sentence “All that is within the confines of my BIID” hit a nerve. It is frequently in my mind that some of you must think I’m cheating because I continue to hike, whilst spending most of the rest of my life in a wheelchair. For starters it is impossible for me to do a major upper body workout on account of my real physical disability. More importantly, I am treating BIID, not paraplegia. Hiking has a beneficial effect on my BIID because it is the only thing I do which forcibly reminds me that my left leg is already a little bit screwed up.

]]> By: Phil http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/mens-sana-in-corpore-sano.htm/comment-page-1#comment-18943 Phil Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:39:22 +0000 http://transabled.org/?p=3244#comment-18943 Hi Sean, what you write seems quite familiar to me... With the difference that I am too lazy recently. "the more relaxed my back is, the better I feel. And the more I realise how knotted and tense my back is. I didn’t really realise it when it was so tense it was like one big piece of wood. Now, as some of the muscles are starting to be a bit looser, I acutely feel all the tensed up ones!" And that is where my doubts about BIID sneak in. When I am not even aware of the tension of my muscles - am I aware of the (mental) inner tensions, inhibitions etc.? Maybe there is a way to losen my (mental) grip, to losen my muscles and thus to let my energies flow freely in my body and overcome the barrier in my thighs? How can I know - given the experience with so many things I had to slowly learn by doing? Best wishes Phil Hi Sean,

what you write seems quite familiar to me… With the difference that I am too lazy recently.

“the more relaxed my back is, the better I feel. And the more I realise how knotted and tense my back is. I didn’t really realise it when it was so tense it was like one big piece of wood. Now, as some of the muscles are starting to be a bit looser, I acutely feel all the tensed up ones!”

And that is where my doubts about BIID sneak in. When I am not even aware of the tension of my muscles – am I aware of the (mental) inner tensions, inhibitions etc.?

Maybe there is a way to losen my (mental) grip, to losen my muscles and thus to let my energies flow freely in my body and overcome the barrier in my thighs?

How can I know – given the experience with so many things I had to slowly learn by doing?

Best wishes
Phil

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